Help preserve grandma's recipes
for the next generation

About This Project

"Grandma's Recipes" is an independent media project documenting traditional Japanese home cooking before it disappears.

Across Japan, elderly women hold recipes that have never been written down — dishes perfected over decades, using intuition instead of measurements, passed on by watching rather than reading.

We travel across the country to meet these grandmothers, recording their recipes, stories, and the cultural wisdom behind every dish — preserving them in their own words for future generations.

How Your Support Helps

• Travel expenses to visit grandmothers across Japan
• Website hosting and maintenance
• Ingredients for recipe documentation

Upcoming Projects

• Kitchen Visits — Traveling across Japan to document grandmothers cooking in their own kitchens, capturing their tools, techniques, and stories on video.
• Podcast — A series exploring the food memories and regional food cultures behind each recipe.
• Recipe Books — Printed collections organized by region, bringing grandma's recipes into a format you can keep on your shelf.
• Recipe Recreation Project — Working with chefs and food historians to recreate dishes from grandmothers who are no longer with us.